Welcome to the Administrative Education Officers and Analysts Chapter

Dear Colleagues:

Denise Crawford

I will do everything I can to support and represent you to the best of my ability. As your chapter leader, we must work together to be a strong component of the UFT as well as to fulfill your expectations. I will need your feedback and suggestions, as well as complaints, to get the job done right. Your feedback will help me to better serve as the liaison between your supervisors and our union.

I want to thank everyone who voted "NO" on Nov. 7, 2017, against holding a state constitutional convention. With your help and your fellow union members, we defeated a threat to the right to organize, the right to worker's compensation, the right to a free public education and so much more.

In 2018, we face an enormous threat to unions. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case which challenges the right of public sector unions to the funding they need to provide services to members. As we brace for the challenges ahead, we have to remember that together, we are the union.

Salary Inquiry Form

The Administrative Education Officers and Administrative Education Analysts Chapter's salary increase takes effect on Friday, March 9. Please use this form to contact the union if you have concerns regarding your retro payment or the pay increase. For all other questions, please continue to use the general inquiry form on the chapter website.

We successfully negotiated each of the items that you and your colleagues emphasized as priorities. Among the highlights of the contract: You will have the same number of holidays as your colleagues in the Education Officers/Analysts Chapter. We also secured a raise of at least 1.67 percent retroactive to Sept. 26, 2017, for every member of the chapter. Please take a look at the overview of the contract we have prepared for you.

Please come to one of the UFT’s borough offices between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, for a ratification vote on the proposed contract. You must bring your photo identification with you to vote. You must come in person; no absentee voting is allowed.

We will count the ballots on Friday, Dec. 8, at 4:30 p.m. at UFT headquarters on the 11th floor of 52 Broadway, Manhattan. Observers are welcome. We will notify you of the results of the ratification vote by email.

DCAS posts application periods for Qualified Incumbent Exam Exams

The exam application schedule for 2017-18 has been posted by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

What to do if you're called to a disciplinary hearing

If you are summoned for an interview for the record that may lead to disciplinary action, you are entitled to union representation or representation by a school system employee. An interview that is not held in accordance with these procedures cannot be made part of your personnel or school file, and any statements you make at such an interview cannot be used against you in any DOE proceeding.

If you are contacted about an interview that may result in disciplinary action, please contact UFT Special Representative Patricia Crispino at pcrispino@uft.org and send a copy to Emma Mendez, the chapter's liaison, at emendez@uft.org as well as the chapter leader, Denise Crawford, at dcrawford@uft.org.

Inquiry form — submit your questions and concerns

Who belongs to the bargaining unit?

On July 11, 2016, the UFT and the NYC Department of Education executed an agreement enabling the UFT to become the bargaining representative for more than 450 Administrative Education Analysts and Administrative Education Officers. The criteria for those Administrative Education Analysts and Administrative Education Officers designated for inclusion in the bargaining unit are as follows:

Must be pay grade G-1 to G-4.

Must not be employed in any of the following locations: Offices of the Chancellor, Deputy Chancellors, Office of General Counsel (Office of Legal Services, Office of Labor Relations, Office of Special Investigation, Office of Equal Opportunity, Office of Auditor General), Division of Human Resources or Division of Budget, Operations and Review.

Administrative Education Analysts and Officers in pay grades G-5 to G-8 are excluded from the bargaining unit. Some other exclusions may apply.

The UFT is aware that you may have questions as to how your new recognition as union-represented employees will affect various aspects of your employment (i.e., work calendar, work hours, salary increases, medical and pension benefits, civil service status and promotional opportunities, to name a few). As of now, there have been no changes, and there is no exact timeline as to when specific changes will take place. We can assure you that, as your bargaining representative, we are actively working on these details.

Our next chapter meetings

We always send out an email notifying you of our monthly meetings. We alternate between the Brooklyn borough office at 335 Adams St., and UFT headquarters at 52 Broadway, Manhattan. Our tentative schedule for the 2017-18 school year is given below. Meetings are held on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Please confirm meeting time and location before attending.